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COMPULSORY TREATMENT AND CARE FOR VICTIMS OF GUNSHOTS ACT, 2017

LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, LFN

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Act provides for the compulsory treatment and care for victims of gunshots.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Right to treatment.

2.       Duty to assist.

3.       Notification of police.

4.       Certificate of fitness.

5.       Offence.

6.       Relations to make statement.

7.       Withholding information.

8.       Protection of volunteer.

9.       Persons guilty of the offence.

10.     Duty to notify victim relations.

11.     Offence of standing by.

12.     Records.

13.     Trial of a corporate body.

14.     Restitution.

15.     Interpretation.

16.     Citation.

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COMPULSORY TREATMENT AND CARE FOR VICTIMS OF GUNSHOTS ACT, 2017

An Act to provide for the compulsory treatment and care for victims of gunshots; and for related matters.

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[Commencement] [20th Day of December, 2017)

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ENACTED By the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

1. Right to treatment

From the commencement of this Act, every hospital in Nigeria whether public or private shall accept or receive, for immediate and adequate treatment with or without police clearance, any person with a gunshot wound.

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